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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus

Metadata Updated: June 25, 2021

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Metadata Created Date June 24, 2021
Metadata Updated Date June 25, 2021

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date June 24, 2021
Metadata Updated Date June 25, 2021
Publisher University of Illinois
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2020-01-31T07:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2020-02-25T20:25:03Z
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Program Code 019:006
Projectlead Arlene Anderson
Projectnumber EE0008106
Projecttitle Geothermal Heat Recovery Complex: Large-Scale, Deep Direct-Use System in a Low-Temperature Sedimentary Basin
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